In European cultures, we cremate our dead or bury them in a simple pine box. But coffins are a lot fancier in Ghana, where the Ga people believe that life continues in another world after death, and they want it to carry on in style. Here are some stunning examples of Ghana's famous coffin art.

These colorful figurative coffins below are made since 1945, when Ataa Oko, a local artist and art brut painter decided to take coffin art to a new level. A studio named Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop was founded by Seth Kane Kwei in the 1950s and the number of fantasy coffin artists are constantly growing ever since.